2 killed in Southwest Side shooting

Staff reportTribune reporter

Two men were killed this morning in a shooting in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, officials said.

The victims are Juan Guzman, 23, of the 5600 block of South Troy Street in Chicago, and Santos Rodriguez, 22, of the 5900 block of South Albany Avenue in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Rodriguez was pronounced dead at 5:05 a.m. at Stein Institute, and Guzman was pronounced dead at 5:20 a.m. at Stein.

The shooting happened about 1:06 a.m. in the 6000 block of South Albany Avenue, police said. According to the Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli, the two victims were on the street in that area when they were approached by another offender on foot who began shooting.

Mirabelli said the incident appeared to be gang-related.

No one was in custody for the shooting as of about 6:30 a.m.. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.